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Can this be He , who , wont to stray , A pilgrim on the world's high - way ,
Oppressed by power , and mocked by pride , Is this , is this , the crucified ? Now
pride and pow'r astonish'd fly The terrors of His alter'd eye ; While Faith ,
ascending from ...
Can this be He , who , wont to stray , A pilgrim on the world's high - way ,
Oppressed by power , and mocked by pride , Is this , is this , the crucified ? Now
pride and pow'r astonish'd fly The terrors of His alter'd eye ; While Faith ,
ascending from ...
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Teach me to know how weak the mind , That yields to erring pride ; And make my
doubting reason find Thy word its safest guide . Let me not , lost in learning's
maze , Religion's flame resign : For what's the worth of human praise , Compared
...
Teach me to know how weak the mind , That yields to erring pride ; And make my
doubting reason find Thy word its safest guide . Let me not , lost in learning's
maze , Religion's flame resign : For what's the worth of human praise , Compared
...
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In gay hostility , and barb'rous pride , With half mankind embattled at his side ,
Great Xerxés comes to seize the certain prey , And starves exhausted regions in
his way ; Attendant Flatt'ry counts his myriads o'er , Till counted myriads soothe
his ...
In gay hostility , and barb'rous pride , With half mankind embattled at his side ,
Great Xerxés comes to seize the certain prey , And starves exhausted regions in
his way ; Attendant Flatt'ry counts his myriads o'er , Till counted myriads soothe
his ...
Page 153
With distant voice neglected Virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint
remonstrance falls ; Tired with contempt , she quits the slipp'ry reign , And Pride
and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass
defend , The ...
With distant voice neglected Virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint
remonstrance falls ; Tired with contempt , she quits the slipp'ry reign , And Pride
and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass
defend , The ...
Page 204
7 Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment , and misguide
the mind , What the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is Pride , the never -
failing vice of fools . Trust not yourself ; but your defects to know , Make use of ...
7 Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment , and misguide
the mind , What the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is Pride , the never -
failing vice of fools . Trust not yourself ; but your defects to know , Make use of ...
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| Title | Poems Divine and Moral |
| Author | John Bowdler |
| Compiled by | John Bowdler |
| Publisher | C. & J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Original from | University of California Irvine |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2017 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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